Equity-informed strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination uptake undertaken by public health units in Ontario, Canada
Ana Paula Belon, Naomi Schwartz, Stephen Hunter, Candace IJ Nykiforuk, Brendan T Smith, Roman Pabayo · 2025
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Ana Paula Belon and co-authors survey how Ontario health units pushed COVID-19 vaccines fairly, in this 2025 paper. Local units must serve health equity in their areas, and the shot rollout from twenty twenty to twenty twenty-three tested that duty. The team asked all thirty-four units what they did, and twenty-five answered.
Most units ranked giving information, engaging communities, and making shots physically easy to reach as top priorities. Far fewer prized gathering data on social conditions. Nine in ten units put poorer residents, Indigenous people, and people without stable housing first in line. Four themes emerged, from defining priority groups with data to honoring Indigenous leadership in the effort. The units' advice includes messages shaped to each culture and better linking of data sources.
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| CREATOR | Ana Paula Belon, Naomi Schwartz, Stephen Hunter, Candace IJ Nykiforuk, Brendan T Smith, Roman Pabayo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |